AMIR KHAN survived his toughest fight yet - and then claimed he enjoyed being hit.

Bolton's 2004 Olympic silver medallist was taken to points for only the second time in his seven-fight professional career by experienced Hungarian Laszlo Komjathi at a sold-out King's Hall in Belfast.

Unbeaten lightweight Khan was put under pressure for the first time as a professional by the vastly more experienced Komjathi.

The 19-year-old was even caught with two heavy blows to the head in the fourth round, but it was still a polished performance over six rounds from Khan to outclass an opponent who fought for the European title only two years ago.

"It was good to get hit now and again - it keeps my feet on the ground," said Khan.

"Every time he hit me with a good shot I hit him with 20 good ones.

"Despite all the shots I hit him with he still kept coming forward and that's going to help me in terms of experience.

"I think I learned more in that fight than I did in my last four put together.

"I took a shot a few times but I needed them to kick me up the backside.

"I trained hard for this fight so I needed someone to come at me like he did. The work-rate was there and in my next fight in Cardiff on July 8 you will see me get that little bit better." Though Khan out-boxed a former European title challenger, his promoter Frank Warren is in no rush to schedule more demanding fights for the Lancashire lad.

"He wants to be let off the leash but he's nowhere near ready for that," said Warren.

"The objective is not to fight for the title but to win it and keep it. He has a profession to learn. There's no need to put him top of the bill yet. It's a decision I will make and I don't want to screw it up."

Commonwealth heavyweight champion Danny Williams, fighting on the same bill as Khan, admitted his warm-up for Matt Skelton was less than satisfying.

Williams forced Adnan Serin to retire at the end of the third round with a badly cut left eye after flooring the Germany-based Turk.

But Londoner Williams, who faces Skelton in a rematch in Cardiff on July 8, said: "My timing was off. I don't regret taking the fight at four days' notice but I didn't perform like I was supposed to.

"I didn't do myself justice but I will still be in better condition for the Skelton fight than I was last time I fought him."

TAKALOO claims he is ready for a second world title shot after halting Eamonn Magee's comeback with a points win.

Magee, 34, was having his second fight since a street attack left him with a punctured lung and a shattered leg two years ago. But the Belfast man lost his WBU welterweight title to Margate-based Takaloo, who said: "Promoter Frank Warren said the winner would get a world title shot and I will keep him to his word."